Hipgnosis’ announcement of its latest catalog acquisition -- its 23rd to date -- comes in the same week as another song co-written by Blanco, “Senorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, sits atop the U.K. singles chart and at No. 3 in the Hot 100.
“That longevity, to be able to write Number 1 songs consistently for more than a decade and to have made incomparable contributions to establishing the most important artists of our time, is an almost impossible feat,” said Mercuriadis. He went on to say that Blanco “has literally defined the modern pop era in a way that very few others can lay claim to.”
They included full or partial stakes in catalogs of The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Poo Bear, Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards, songwriting trio TMS, Giorgio Tuinfort, Ari Levine, Sam Hollander, Johnta Austin, Sean Garrett, Rico Love and Itaal Shur, best known for co-writing the Santana and Rob Thomas smash hit "Smooth."